John Fallon: Actions must speak louder than words for Stephen Kenny's Ireland

The Boys in Green suffered another frustrating defeat in Glasgow over the weekend.

RELEGATION BATTLE: Ireland boss Stephen Kenny at Hampden Park. Ireland need a win against Armenia in Dublin on Tuesday evening. 

Permutations mean little when the reality is stagnation.

Insurmountable peaks among Stephen Kenny’s band of optimists were hit when charting a route for Ireland to top spot of their Uefa Nations group in the aftermath of Scotland’s win over Ukraine on Wednesday.